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σαλεύω

σαλεύω, to cause to rock, make to oscillate, shake to and fro

σαλ-εύω, fut. σαλεύσω LXX Wi. 4.19: aor. ἐσάλευσα Isoc. 8.95, AP 11.83:— Pass., fut. σαλευθήσομαι LXX Si. 16.18, Ev.Luc. 21.26: aor. ἐσαλεύθην LXX 1 Ma. 9.13, Act.Ap. 4.31, 2 Ep.Thess. 2.2, v.l. in Isoc. l.c.: pf. σεσάλευμαι (v. infr.): (σάλος):—
  • cause to rock, make to vibrate or oscillate, c. acc., [τὰς ἀγκύρας] οὐδεὶς χειμὼν σαλεύει Pythag. ap. Stob. 3.1.29; σ. τρικυμίᾳ πέδον, of the sea, Lyc. 475; of an earthquake, AP 11.83 (Lucill.), cf. 259 (Id.): metaph., δόξαν σ. Plu. Col. 2.1123f, cf. S.E. M. 8.56, 337, etc.; σ. τινὰ ἐκ θεμελίων LXX Wi. 4.19; ἐπιστολαὶ δυνάμεναι λίθον σαλεῦσαι heartrending, POxy. 528.12 (ii A.D.); σ. τοὺς ὄχλους stir them up, Act. Ap. 17.13, cf. LXX Si. 28.14:—Pass., to be shaken to and fro, waver, totter, reel, χθὼν σεσάλευται A. Pr. 1081; κύκλος σαλευόμενος Pl. Ti. 79e, cf. Arist. Mech. 857a7, Thphr. Lass. 11; of teeth or nails, to be loosened, Gal. 12.871, Dsc. 5.3; of persons, ἐκ Βρομίου γυῖα σαλευόμενον AP 11.26 (Marc.Arg.), cf. 12.31 (Phan.); ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς σαλευομένη κορώνη Sch. Arat. 1009 (wrongly attributed to Archil., Fr. 102); later simply, stir, move, κατεσχέθην νόσῳ . . ὡς μὴ δύνασθαι μηδὲ σαλεύεσθαι PSI 4.299.4 (iii A.D.).
      • 2 shake in measuring, so as to give good measure, μέτρον σεσαλευμένον Ev.Luc. 6.38; cf. σαλάσσω II.
    • II intr., move up and down, roll, toss, esp. of ships in a stormy sea or persons in them, σ. ἐν πλοίοις X. Oec. 8.17, cf. Hld. 10.4, etc.: generally, put out to sea, App. Mith. 77: metaph., toss like a ship at sea, to be tempest-tossed, be in sore distress, πόλις γὰρ . . ἄγαν ἤδη σαλεύει S. OT 23; πρόδοτος δὲ . . σ. Ἠλέκτρα Id. El. 1074 (lyr.); ὅταν . . σαλεύῃ πόλις E. Rh. 249 (lyr.), cf. OGI 515.47 (Mylasa, iii A.D.); ἐν νόσοις ἢ γήρᾳ σ. Pl. Lg. 923b, cf. Arist. Pr. 883a34; ἐν κινδύνῳ σ. D.H. 10.11; σ. ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ Ael. Fr. 48; to be unstable, Poll. 6.121; flicker, of the eye-balls in nystagmus, Gal. 18(2).68; oscillate, of the λόγος ἐνδιάθετος, ἐν τούτοις S.E. P. 1.65.
      • 2 of ships also, ἐπʼ ἀγκυρῶν ride at anchor, Polyaen. 2.2.7: metaph., ὡς ἐπʼ ἀγκύρας τῆς φύσεως σ. Plu. Am. prol. 2.493d; σ. ἐπὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων Hld. 1.26; also ὁρῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τούτῳ μόνῳ (sc. τῷ υἱῷ) σαλεύοντας Plu. Demetr. 38; γραῦν ἐπὶ ἑνὶ γομφίῳ σ. Alciphr. 3.28, cf. POxy. 472.50 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ τοιούτοις παραγγέλμασιν S.E. M. 2.12 (hence later in a causal sense, σ. ἐπί τινι τὰς ἐλπίδας anchor them upon . ., Hld. 2.33).
      • 3 metaph., roll like a ship, roll in oneʼs walk, of persons with the hip-joints far apart, Hp. Art. 56.

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